The Sun. — London, England, 1838-10-02 00:00:00

E THEATRES TH. COVENT -GARDEN. son last night in the character of Hamlet. He was welcomed by the most enthusiastic plaudits. It seems to us that Mr. Macready has given his last and finest touch to this character by throwing into it more of that elastic lightness of manner which, on some previous occasions, we have desiderated. With deep feelings, ample reflectiveness, and the consciousness of a preternatural destiny, Hamlet is anything but ponderous or r9Paose. He is of a buoyant spirit. There is a levity that deli He to play around the grandeur of the greatest minds. Infinite nature itself i 3 often spertive amid its majestic works; %inlet is impressible to the last; and we believe that the churchyard rhymes about " Imperial Caesar dead and turned to clay" rather smack of a mock heroic revulsion than continue the ingenious speculation which introduces them. Hamlet _ l oses none o f hi s d i gnity by the quiet smile on the lip and the humorous comment in the eye by which the actor makes him confide the mental sarcasm to his college companion zand chosen friend Horatio. Mr. Warde played the Ghost ost i mpressively. Hi s c l ear , d eep, monotonous enunciation, varied by any tone of passion, and only diversified by just emphasis enough to mark the meaning, sounded like a voice from the grave. The words " Remember me," after his form had sunk from sight, were as if an unembodied spirit bed. made the air articulate. The reverent earnestness of the ap peal to the Ghost, as given by Mr. Macready, its freedom from all weak fears or Unnaturally alternating emotions, and the subdued manner of Horatio and Marcellus (Mr. Serge and I ‘ l r- ner ve ) i n the few words they exchange with him before they become alarmed for his safety, imparted an extraordinary re ality to thi s scene, making as palpable as can be imagined the in fluence of a super natura l presence. I n t h e celebrated Th ie cit l 3', the abstract e d an d i nwar d tone at t h e commence -at; the irregular step, as of a frame whose movements trtsre undirected by conscious volition ; the upturned face, and 'e.3'e that would read in the heavens the secret of futurity, calamities, and the self- accus i ng emot i on t h at i s ve i led in the ter ms of a general reflection ; as these again melted into the • lo v i ng confidence of the greeting to " the fair Ophelia." ,When th at i nnocent but ductile tool of others offers Hamlet his letters and love-tokens, Mr. Macready's look of surprise is im- Inediately followed by one o f susp i cion ; his keen glance round intimates the suspected presence of concealed listeners ; a nd the question, " Are you hon es t ?" t h e f or l orn exclamation, I did love you once !" and the fixed, searching look after the d emand, ,‘ Where is your father ?" reveal to us the bitterness 9 1 wronged affection, tampered with where it trusted, foiled dl,ll attempting to touch the heart it prized, and almost mad ened by finding that not only friendship but love could be 'isted into the web of guile and guilt, wherein power sought tor entangle him. It was reserved for Mr. Macread) 's per '3rMance to vindicate Shakspeare in this scene which critics /l ad actors have so often given up as inexplicable. Aggra yated by the falsehood of all except Horatio ; teased by Incessant attempts to pluck out the heart of his mystery ; Perplexed with doubts of the supernatural appearance; and ll.h o ulated by t h e opportun i ty w hi c h t h e p l ayers a ff orded 14 no, the actor rises with not less truth than feat ful effect Into a state in which real excitement beyond all rational con pPtrol bl en d s with the affectation of „antic disposition," and he a ces th e stage with hurried and triumphant gesture, as one abstain at present from any more of these. The Part of Gertrude has been restored to its rightful im portance and interest in the play by the acting of Mrs. War , She invests it with dignity and appropriate feeling C r 9 t lghout ; and gives powerful expression in the closet scene „°, Its assumed boldness, wild alarm, reflected terror, and ago r.izing humiliation. The Ophelia of Miss Rainforth is an un etending performance, but cold, and in part feeble. The „imPle bewilderment of her distraction is touchine-, and the a ° l ,latche s of songs were sweetly sung. The wild rush out, h er her last song, is very effective. Mr. Serge (Horatio), e - .1 1 , r t Diddear (Claudius), and Mr. Anderson (1 aortas), ex sctF.d themselves very creditably ; as did Mr. Tilbury, whose trebel senility gave, in characteristic propriety, precedence to second over the first Gravedigger. ADELPHL The appearance amongst us of a party of Bayaderes is not t he least remarkable of the wonders of this our age. As mere objects of curiosity they are in the highest degree interesting ; !s a class they are described to be perfectly distinct from the INa.utch girls of Northern India or the Alme of Egypt, the e quivoc a l c h aracter of whose evolutions has excited so much horror in the m i n d o f v i rtuous Europe. The authentic Baya otiere apear to form quite a separate class amon the ° es s ; they live under the peculiar protecti o n of theirrulers, and are attached, for the most part, i to the ser v i ce o f t h e Pa godas, t a ki ng a p rom i nent share n all the religious cere monies. Wh en not d evoted from their birth to this pro f ession they are commonly selected f or their great p ersona beauty, their sparkling vivacity of temper, the elegant con tour of their limbs, the lightness of their form, and the ease an d gracefulness of their movements. Of all these quail& t ea tions the Bayaderes now !before the public appear to us by -0 be possessed in a high degree. These nymphs are e • ri in number, and are accompanied by three musi_ ti-:-lacabse.rry:rhey come front Tironvendi, a small town a( Pon saptii .• The eldest of the ladies is Tille- Amal (Amal ovrt,o country, Her who is understood to be a rich woman in her Her age is stated at thirty. The second lady, irnbhdoojuatptioelsesses the euphonious appellation of Amany- Amal, is thauteteyn. years of age, and is a charming specimen of Saound iroun- Amal and Ramgoun - Amal are between fourteen and fifteen years of age ; and the dancing sees?' is completed by Veydoun, a little girl six years old. The .0e cla ns . are severally entitled Ramalingani, Savaranim, and ;PPea.,., v-neYagoroun. One of these, an old man, of a very imposing rance, who acts as poet and chorus -master, beats the mea „u4 °ll a pair of diminutive cymbals, and chants a sort of wild Po em, the argument of the dance. One of the other musicians pla ys on a tom-tom ; and the third blows a kind of pipe. The orchestral accompaniment is certainly of a very primitive and b ut description, each instr ument g i ving utterance t o ut to one s i ng l e note. The dress of these females is most rgeous and picturesque. They are loaded with jewels from ::41ad to foot, having not on l y " r i ngs on their fingers but rings stntheir toes ;" their necks are adorned with carcanets, their jees with b race l ets, an d their ancles with chains of gold and r,els enri c h e d w i t h prec i ous stones. They also wear nose hi that hav e , it must b e admitted, but an odd appearance E ' it ,. . uropear eyes. They wear a sort of stays made of very 4cllble materials, which are covered with thin plates of gold Ltd silver, and studded with jewels. Around their eyelids t 4 l l l/ Pears a black circle, formed by drawing a bodkin between thent While closed, in order that both lids may receive the tint of C Powde r of antimony which is placed on the bodkin. This oWe • st s hir is said to have the effect of refreshing the eye and exciting ker:s.re ;whatever the cause, certain it is that we never beheld ,, 4. 10.7 ustrous orbs. By way of petticoat 'Lley . wear the "lungee, tea an Piece of silk or cotton stuff, which is girded round the ' Aar and comes down to the middle of the leg. The upper . im 'fitting closely, marks with great accuracy the roundness Swell of the figure ; and, tapering away to the legs,. gives G r ,„ L e °se flow to the lower part of the " Lungee," which the f the`‘ statuaries were so fond of expressing in the drapery of their2Ytophs. Loose silk or cotton trousers are attached . to le kv st by a rich girdle • they also wear an open Test, whirls hillfewBthe arms exposed nearly to the shoulder, and descends thethe b .a Y down the breast. The space between the girdle and order of the vest is uncovered. A scarf of flue muslin, rall.ilented with flowers and gold embroidery, surrounds the sli oili e ,' and falls gracefully before and behind over the left the fa re These scarfs are of various colours, according to frorn . ‘ t l e y of the wearer. Their dances require great attention, act iii`me Performer's ankles being hung with small bells, which or go beaneert with the music. Their steps are not so many hatth eb °l luding as those to which we have been accustomed ; kost ti„lre e xceedingly graceful and interesting, and give the Ivhich t h e " ne t expression to all the various emotions of the sou tigh t ;y are intended to exhibit. Their representations last 4t brag- - „ ere :----" The Robing of Vishnu," by Saoundiroun and 4 . incr:, -11 „; " The Salute to the Rajah," by Veydoun ; " The 4 , 1 tutte ° ,; 28 ,.. 1 -iatnent " by Aman • " The Carrier Doves," by k4,b.tare-'untlii:oun, and ‘ R . Y an ' ig . oun ; ." The Maloupou, or ‘ '`u, e pi e Dane by Amany, Tille, saoundiroun, and . Ram d go . u n n. `oes e e e which has been got up as ° a vehicle for intro uc, g bl, s , v eastern charmers to a British audience is entitled, ~, The e l ow °l raviaah, or the Hindoo Widow," wherein a Hindoo tffintense from the funeral pyre of her husband by air -`ervention of the British troops. It is a tiresome 41 e re 4" N ir• Yates will do well to abridge it materially. Ege r au in. troductrysketeh, in which the enterprizing 13 ' e 1,,, sets forth his negotiations for the possession . dottee, $ a se ts and his triumph over the rival candi ft 11 4:l°ngst whom he represents, whether accurately 411aitteltti'0 Porte andilacready to be, and of them . he gives i ll „ tl tliee 11 ,, 5 ' Ia the latter case a considerable portion o f t he h ,l'ilreh e . - ,, W ere at first disposed to take umbrage at what they - mueh f, i -tl med to b e an ill-natured hit at one who has done so l;. l ttes (I I tbe British stage • but matters were made up on Mr. ais 4•4stinctly disavOwir ' any such intention, and expressing Ilighesrt4l ichniration of N ' l g r. Macready's great talent, and the wc:irti4teilfie.esprieocrt for his character. We must not omit to notice s its h i n t g.the recess the Adelphi has been greatly improved aPpearance, and in its accommodation.. Its 1N 44 Possible •l ess ees have done everythina• in this way which it p,,lslele for them to do. A new ° roof has been made, ti ttar eat additional facilities have . been added behind the e- Ili h th" th e ex ehouse was crammed in every part •. and such 5 Ca. citement created by the eastern novelty, that Oh„ Qat,. er4lse of " Were completely blockaded long before the safe).the doors. The Bayaderes were entirely suc- tatty see pe d , OLYMPIC 4 pia nor city was produced here last even) / It has the t• °` H aynes B y 1 ''s from Scribe's Manuals CE;? • . n. i_ m___ an aclap pite:le of MischilvOus' Ey es, and was played as the second trap s The story is very j meagre, and the equivoque more e ra h ~_rent than laughable. The music, notwithstanding the orde;°_?. Mademoiselle Puget, did not rise above the com t _ 4 few of French melodies —and we all know what th . ee, wi h to itideleePtions, are. Mr. Manvers sang parts of it in a way Agate li ce the audience to moderate their transports, and hiss tottld-shAYlor the rest, well enough to assure us that she /ti th ate sun better music a great deal better. She played tettinBrtlart confidence, and promises fairly for the house. The t ite tps! up of the affair did great credit to the management. Ittis,"eerY being well Painted and the appointments good. O fete . everything tends to show us that there will be no want t heat pe r . t i°rl in this department to maintain the reputation of the The t e ny .. ..a.---- lt . k-aed _ 'M e ,. :li en_ Journal yesterday gravely tells its 4e lkvi 8 that Mr. Wyse Was brought to Cheltenham to en itto °I II' by s i n I . y the .to : t . i..;- _ kit :4 ant faiLli and (.•:;tablisli I. 3 c,rory on it, ruins 1 to, 1010'84re/illy toes rich. Its absurdity, we should think, is ev en for No-Popery swallows, ample as they are. SPORTIN IGEN CE. BIRMINGHAM RACES.-111oNnAr. The Eirmingham Stakes of 101. each, with 50 cove added. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Moss's ch f. Maid Marian, 4 yrs. 6st. 121 b . Mr. Taylor's b. f. Prudence, 3 yrs, 6st. 21b 2 Ms. C'ollett's br. c. Conservative, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b 3 Mr. Johnson's br. h. by Robin Hood, 5 yrs, Bst Mr. E. Peel's Tamwoith and Mr. Fowler's Mersey paid 31. forfeit. eac h. Maid Marian jumped off with the lead, was never headed, and won easily. Match for NW. Twice round and a distance.—Mr. Burnley's bl. m. Rebecca, aged, 9st. (Kent) beat Mr. Territt's br. m. Miss Castaway, aged, 9st. Won easy. The Solihull Stakes, of 3 sous. each, with 20 added ; 1 Ist each ; half-bred horses allowed 71b. The winner to be sold for 50/., &c. Heats, twice round and a distance. The second to save his stake. Mr. Capenhurst's br. m. Betsy, lOst. 71b... ...Lear 1 1 Mr. Taylor's b. g. St. Peter (half bred), 10st. 71b 0 2 Mr. Bless's Leicester (half-bred), 1 Ost. 71b Mr. Marlow's br. g. Clitheroe, I Ist 3 dr Mr. Smith's b. g. Omen, 1 Ist Mr. Rowell's Theano, list. Mr. Walker's br. c. Manfred, by Muiey, list dr Mr. J. Benjamin's ch. g. by Rossini, I Ist dr Mr. W. Barrow's b. g. Erin-go-bragh, list. Mr. Tempest's King Harry, llst Mr. Shepherd's hr. c. Goshawk, 1 Ist First heat—Betsy took the lead, and won easy. Second Heat— St. Peter made running, but Betsy, at the distance, by a strong effort, came in front, and eventually won by half a length. A Hurdle Race of Si. each, with 20/. added, llst. 71b. Tho second horse to save his stake. Winner of a Hurdle Race to carry 71b. extra. Heats, twice round and a distance ; six leaps in each heat. Mr. Stevenson's ch. g. True Blue, 12st Barker 1 1 Mr. Hodgson's b. m. The Lady, 12st 2 2 Mr. Emery's b. g. Woodman, 1 Ist. 71b., late Mr. Thompson's 3 3 Mr. Lowe sb. m. Landscape, l Ist. 71b Mr. Taylor's b. g. St. Peter, 12st First heat won by a length ; second by a neck, a beautiful race; all cleared the hurdle, and the pace first-rate throughout. Dodgson LINCOLN RACES.—FErDitr. A Gold Cup, or Piece of Pate, of 100 SOTS. value, by Subs of 10 sovs. each, the surplus in specie, for horses of all ages ; three yrs, ist ; four yrs, Bst. 31b ; five yrs, Bst. 101 b ; six yrs and aged, 9st. The winner of the St. Leger or Doncaster Cup this year, 51bs. extra. Three miles. 10 Subs. Mr. Robinson's br. h. Melbourne, 4 yrs Mr. Moses's b. m. Miss Eliza, 4 yrs .. Mr. King's br. g. Remnant, 5 yrs The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Subscription Purse of 70 sovs., for all ages ; three yrs, ist. 21b ; four yrs, Bst. 41b ; five yrs, Bst. l llb ; six yrs and aged, 9st. Mares and geldings allowed 21b. A winner of above 1001. during the year, previous to naming, 31b ; of two, Sib ; of three or more, 71b. extra. Two mile heats. St. Paul's ch. f. Creeping Molly, 3 yrs Barrow's b. m. Catharina, aged 3 2 Milner's br. c. Humphrey, 3 yrs Skelton's b. g. Aggravator, 6 yrs Mr. Walker's b. h. Darnley, 4 yrs A Piece of Plate, the gift of Colonel Sibthorp, M. P., for horses not thorough-bred and bona fide the property of Farmers residing within ten miles of the city of Lincoln, or of the inhabitants of Lincoln ; four yrs old, 10st. 111 b ; five yrs, 1 1 st. 81b ; six yrs and aged, 12st., Gentlemen or Farmers riders, two mile heats, were won in two heats by iMr. Pratt's gr. m. by Grey Pretender, dam by Grey Orville, 5 yrs, beating Mr. John Gamble's b. m. Little John, dam by Don Juan, 4 yrs, and two or three others. Mr Mr, Mr. 'Arr. BRECONSHIRE RACES.—WEDNESDir. The Breeonshire Stakes of 10 coos. each, 5 ft., and 20 added. Two miles. 6 Subs. Mr. 'Worth's b. h. Barney Bodkin, aged, 9st. 41b Dixon 1 Mr. Trehearn's ch. h. Squirrel, 5 yrs, 7st. 1 llb 2 Captain Peel's br. g. Changeling, aged, Bst. 21b 3 Captain B. Davies's br. f. Merry Lass, 4 yrs, 7st. Ilb Mr. Gough's b. m. Cleone (h. b. ), 5 yrs, 7st. 131 b 5 Won by two lengths. The Usk Stakes of 5 sous. each, 3 ft., with 20 added, for horses not thorough-bred. Heats, one mile and three quarters. Mr. Jenkins's ro. m. Duenna, aged, I Ist Mr. Jones's ch. m. Victoria, aged, lOst 2 2 Mr. Gough's ch. in. Dandina, aged, 10st. tslb 5 3 Mr. Smith's gr. g. Manager, aged, 10st Mr. Tucker's Lucretia, 3 yrs 3 dr Mr. Morgan's br. m. Lady Jane, 5 yrs, 9st. 71b Mr. Francis's eh. c. Beecher, 3 yrs, 9st A good race. The Ladies' Plate of 501. Two mile heats. Mr. Worth's b. h. Barney Bodkin, aged, 9st. 131 b 1 1 Mr. Harris's b. f. Lauretta, 5 yrs, 7st. 31b Captain B. Davies's b. m. Medea, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b 3 3 Mr. Wardlow's b. g. Pilot, 6 yrs, 9st. blb 5 dis Mr. Williams's eh. Llwynbrain, Bst. 41b l'lv o well contested heats. THURSDAY. The Hurdle Race Stakes, with a Whip added, for horses that never won 50/. at any one time, mile and a half heats, over four hurdles in each heat, were won by Mr. Haddy na. ch. f. Talisman, 12st. (Mr. Elmslie), beating Mr. Smith's gr. h. Manager, 12st., and Mr. Thomas's ch. g. Noodle, 10st. 51b. The Members' Plate of 501., given by Colonel Wood and C. M. R. Morgan, Esq., Members for the County and Borough of Brecon. Heats, a mile and thr ee quar t ers . Mr. Trehearn's ch. h. Squirrel, 5 yrs, 9st. 81b 1 6 1 Mr. Wardlow's bl. g. Pilot, 6 yrs, lost. 41b Mr. Harris's br. g. Barclay, 4 yrs, 9st. 101 b • 5 2 3 Captain Peel's br. h. Changeling, aged, list. 31b 4 4 4 Captain B. Davis's br. f. Merry Lass, 4 yrs, 9st. Eilb A good race. The County Stakes, with a Cup added by the Stewards, for horses bred in the county of Brecon, mile heats, were won in two heats by Mr. Morgan's br. m. Lady Jane, 5 yrs ; 9st. 131 b. (Moon), beating Mr. Gough's b. f. by Mallard, Ost. 31b., and Mr. Williams's b. c. Relay, after a well contested race. The Welter Stakes, with 10 soya. added, mile heats, were won in two heats by Mr. Tucker's Lucretia, 3 yrs, 9st. 101 b. (Dixon), beating Mr. Jones's Victoria, aged, 10st. 51b., Mr. Waters's Cleone, 5 yrs, Ilst., and Mr. Haddy na. Talisman, aged, 9st. 61b., after a good race. A Pony Race was won by Mr. Powell's Tom Tough (Sims), beating Mountain Lass and two others. FRIDAY. Match for 20 sovs.—Mr. Powell's Tom Tough (Sims), heal Mr. Williams's Relay easily. CRICKET. It would appear that there is to he no end to this manly game in Sussex; for on Thursday last, after a heavy fall of rain, a first-rate match was commenced in Brown's grounds at Brighton—got up chiefly through the instrumentality of Lord Vernon (a liberal subscriber) and C. Taylor, Esq. Nine gentlemen, with Pilch and Caldecourt, were opposed to eleven of the best selected players in Sussex. The players having won the toss, went in first, and succeeded in scoring the extra ordinary number of 235 runs in their first innings—Box, tin.: best wicket-keeper in England, having obtained 90 from his own bat; and Napper, a young player, 46, and not out. The gentlemen commenced their first innings at three o'clock on Friday, and having, lost three wickets, including Caldecourt, for a few runs, Pilch and Taylor succeeded, and on these two players (without doubt the two finest batsmen in the kingdom) the gentlemen rested their hopes, and neither seemed disposed to disappoint the expectations formed of them. Both conti nued batting in a tirst.rate style till a quarter to five, when Ewens, who had succeeded Lillywhite as a bowler, delivered his second ball with considerable power, which, unfortunately, rising suddenly, struck Mr. Taylor a severe blow on the eye, which accident put an end to the game for the day. Mr. Taylor was not the only one who experienced a taste of the disasters to which cricketers are exposed. Box had received a severe blow on the nasal organ from one of the " ploughboy's" balls, and Milyard had one of his fingers disjointed. Pilch and Taylor were still in ; when the stumps were struck for the day, the former's score standing at 28, and Mr. Taylor's at 25. The game was resumed yesterday morning, and the two latter players began to bat in their usual splendid style, when Brown, the fastest bowler in England, was put on, and his first ball lowered Mr. Taylor's wicket, whose score stood at 31. Pilch played in his usual admirable manner, and made a splendid score. The players got very good innings the second turn. A consultation was held immediately after the wickets were struck, when it was resolved to conclude this in teresting match on Monday, and the players were engaged accordingly. Before the game began, we are credibly informed that Lord Vernon, with the view of showing his desire to promote the success of this sport, promised Box and Pilch, a shilling a run for every one they got, and the subjoined score will show (if the above report is true, which we have no reason to doubt) that those two excellent players have not only been most for tunate, but have maintained their reputation as first-rate cricketers : PLAYERS. FIRST INNINGS. Ewens, b. by Strange, Esq. 0 Lillywhite, c. by Taylor, Esq. 10 Hawkins, c. by Strange, Esq. 23 Brown, b. by ditto Box, leg before wicket 9O 111illyard, b. by Sayers, Esq 4 R. Picknell, b. by ditto 0 c. by Pilch G. Picknell, c. by Strange, Esq 16 b. by Sayers Napper, not out .. 46 b. by ditto Hodson, b. by Sayers, Esq... 0 not out 6 Dean, c. by Langdon, Esq... 9 c. by Caldecourt 0 8ye5......... . .... ..... ... 4 )es 9 Wide balls 2B `%ide balls... .......... ... 8 No balls SECOND INNINGS. c. by Strange, Esq 4 c. by Caldecourt 0 b. by Sayers 0 c. by E. Napper, Esq 24 c. by Pilch ... 233 GENTLEMEN.—Finsr INNINGS. Langdon, Esq., c. by Brown 3,W. Napper, st. by Box ll Sayers, Esq., c. by Brown ... 6 Vouquiere, not out ... 8 Caldecourt, c. by Ewens l4 Smith, b. by Brown 0 Pilch, c. by Box Taylor, b. by Brown E. Napper, c. by Box ... - Strange, b. by Brown ...... A CuuRcHwARDEN.--A medical gentleman was lately called in to attend the dying functionary, who was not conversant with expressions out of the vulgar tongue. " I have a great soreness in my breast," said the warden. " That arises," said the Doctor, from " a febrile affec tion in the thorax. Bat, pray lent we aik you, do you ezpe("orate ?" " Exp2ct a rate !" the ehurel..,7arden, " no, Si r , t h ank God, that parish business is settled—l made a rate last week." TATTERSALL' S—YESTERDd Y. A thin attendance and no betting, the majority of the sub scribers havine taken wing, some to Newmarket, and others for the preserves. We understand that the Gulnare colt was backed at Heaton Park for the Derby, at 14 to 1. The Newmarket First October Meeting commences this day with a list of only average attraction. The principal stakes are the Grand Duke Michael, St. Leger, Hopeful, and Rutland. Grey Momu; is the favourite for the first two, and will doubtless be backed at odds against the field, no thing, look'3g at the public running, having any chance except Barcarolle, who has a few friends for the Michael Stakes. Bulwark is in the Hopeful Stakes, upon which there has not as yet been any betting. The fields are likely to be small. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1638. THE MAGAZINES-(CONTINLTED.) MONEY AND CITY NEWS CHRONICLE.—ConsoIs are firmer to-day (Monday,) and a slight improvement has taken place in them, the closing quotation for money being 934 to 94, and 94 to 4 for the Account. Exchequer Bills, however, have receded to 67 to 69 premium. Foreign Securities generally are higher, but business in them continues limited. Spanish Active has advanced to 184 to 4 ; Portugese Five per Cents. left off at 344 to ditto, Three per Cents., 221 to 3 -; Dutch Five p er Cents.,; 1004 to 4ex div. ; ditto Two-and-a-half per Cents., 534 to 544; Brazilian, 80 to 4 ex. div. ; Danish, 75 to 4 ex. div. ; Colombian, 244 to 25; and Mexican, 224 to 234. Shares are rather heavy. Birmingham left off at SO to 82 prem. ; ditto (new,) 224 to 234 prem. ; Southampton, 454 to 464 per share; ditto (pew,) 204 to 214- prem.; Great Wes tern, 132 to 144 prem. ; North Midland, 14 to 24 prem. ; Brighton, 24 to 14 dis. ; Blackwall, 14 to 14 dia. ; and Greenwich, 34 to 3 dis. The Times to-day has again entered the lists against the Bank of the (Tnitcd States. On Saturday our Contemporary made the declaration " that Mr. Biddle had made advances on 200,000 bales of cotton for the Western and Southern States, and had purchased 120,000 bales on his own account," although it has been so frequently explained both in the Morning Chronicle and in the New York Journals, which must come under the notice of the Times, that not one farthing's-worth of cotton has been, or, by the charter of the institution, could possibly be, purchased by the Bank of the United States. The utter stupidity of the whole of the two long articles of our Contemporary is perfectly well under stood by those who are practically conversant with the cotton trade : but as others of his readers may be misled by these repeated, however confused and scarcely intelligible, attacks upon the credit of the Bank of the United States, we again assert in contradiction that the Bank has lost nothing what ever by speculations in cotton ; that there have been no such speculations at all ; that even if the price of cotton were to fall twenty per cent, from its present value, still no loss could be incurred upon the advances which have been made; that the advances to be made, if any, on the forth coming crop will naturally be in proportion to its value when the growth may have b een ascerta i ne d ; and that there is not the smallest probability that any such losses would be incurred, apart from the consideration that there are reasons for believ ing that the value of cotton will be higher, and not lower, in the course of the ensuing year. METROPOLITAN. " Mind and style" is a critical essay, by a writer who signs himself an Irish barrister, in which the advantage of an eloquent style is more insisted on than it deserves. Manner is no doubt necessary, but matter is a thousand times more important. " Father-Love" is the continuation of a story by Banim, the well-known author of the Tales of the O'Hara Family. Some of the dialogues are written with force and energy. " Shakspeare Fancies" are light, entertaining reading, with no great pretensions however, to novelty ; and " Winkle's Journal" is a very passable imita tion of Boz's manner in the Pickwick Papers. Richard Howitt contributes a poem entitled " The Beautiful Dead," which we subjoin as it is very sweet and graceful in its melody : POST.—Money continues more in demand for commercial purposes, with a shade of advance on the rate of discount. We had advices to-day from St. John's, New Brunswick, to the 26th of August. The pressure on the Money Market had considerably increased from the date of the previous accounts ; and discounts have advanced to the rate of 14 per cent. per month. The private letters attribute the temporary pressure to the resumption of specie payments in the United States, the influence of which would soon pass away. There was considerable anxiety kit respecting the movements in the State of Maine, relative to the survey of the boundary line. We had, however, later accounts of the proceedings in that State on this question by the New York packet on Saturday, and there is, consequently, no new fact communicated, if we except the proof of an increasing feeling in the colony to re sist undue encroachment on the part of the Americans. If any rash step is taken by Governor Kent to, enforce the sur vey, which there i s some reason to apprehend froni the tenor of the advices, a collision may possibly occur, as the British colonists along the whole frontier are in no temper to be played with on the subject. We have advices from Calcutta to the 23d May, which is a few days later than the accounts received by the last over land mail via Egypt. There was no material change in the aspect of commercial affairs. The exchange on Treasury Bills was at ls. Hid. per Company's rupee, and several transac tions had taken place at that rate. United States Bank Bills, drawn on M. Jaudon, had been sold at 2s. 2d., and private bills, with security on consignments, at 2s. 21d. A liberal subscription had been entered into for the relief of the suf ferers by famine, and 30,000 rupees had been received for the same laudable purpose from Bombay. We have the gratification of stating that a dividend of 6s. Bd. per pound has been paid to-day on all the outstanding claims against the firm of Thomas Wilson and Co. From th' twilight we borrow Fit solace for sorrow, When the aged and weary lie down in their west : And the sunset in splendour Is touching and tender, the dews of our sorrow fall warm on their rest. But mighty's the anguish Where beauty must languish, And the young from the young in life's morning are riven; When the dear spell is broken Of vows fondly spoken, And the form is recalled that in rapture was given. Oh, vainly we linger Where silence her finger Has laid upon lips that no more may unclose : Where sad leaves are sighing, Where blossoms are dying, O'er tho young and the lovely in mortal repose. The form that came lightly, Like morn breaking brightly, With hopes as from Eden, all faded and o'er The presence endearing, The smile that was cheering, And step that was music, are with us no more. When P A is R B a n U R excellenti' O R a I r t E i ell eTi.AnLthffisENßuAmLbeDr. There of the " Oriental Herald," on the policy of Russia in reference to Circassia, Persia, and India. As it is of the utmost importance to Europe that the fell designs of that world grasping Power should be made universally known—should be regarded as objects of peculiar solicitude by the Govern ments of all free States, we deem it a duty to omit no op portunity of proclaiming our conviction that Russia is as strongly bent upon the subjugation of British India, as ever she was on the dismemberment, and final destruction, of Poland. We are aware that there are thousands of other wise sensible people, who look upon us as mere alarmists upon this question, simply because they arc strangers to the history of the rise of an empire, whose policy has never been that of any other Government in the world. Upon this point we take leave to quote, as strikingly corrobora tive of our views and opinions, an extract from the very valuable article to which we are alluding : Every inch of territory gained by Russia in the East, is re newed warning to Europe of the lessening stability of its own Inasmuch as European ascendancy isthe strength. repre sentative of the principle of freedom, precisely in the self-same ratio are the triumphs of Russia in demonstration of the perils by which freedom a nd the g eneral ri ghts of mankind are me naced. The growing aggrandisement of that dark and deso lating power—its not slo w, but universally stealthy steps—its extended bounds of empire, is a. fact among theprodigies of It is one of the efforts of the mind history.to understand how a handful of barbarians, a horde of savages, within the pro vinces term of a century ha s been enabled to overrun the finest of the world , t o sub j u g ate them to her yoke, or from their ruins to iss ue the cr y of—Death to the liberties of th e human race 1 Russia and despotism to the ends of the earth I In the commencement of the eighteenth century we find Peter struggling for existence agains! Swedes, Poles, and Turks. In 1713 he bad co n q uered Ri g a and Lie fland. Ten years later he declared h imself Autocrat of all the Russians. On the accession of Catherine the Second to the thron e of the Czars, she found herself Em p ress of twent y - two millions o f subjects ; after a reign of thirty-three years, she left to her successor a population of thirty-six millions 1 The rei gn of Alexander is memorable for ever, far it is coupled with the memory of Napoleon. At the death of this Emperor the po- ACCIDENT TO LORD GLENLYON.—Last week pulation of the barbariansnt Autocrathad multiplied are the to fifty millions. The exploits of the present events liud of to-day, and the Noble Lord while riding his horse in a hurdle race in thesufficiently se known; but to a neighbourhood of his seat, Blair Athol!, Perthshire, in clear- therefore are h e found to consist. of the e to them merely, and they will annihilation of the king ing one of the hurdles, the second, we believe, his horse slip- Poles, the humblin of dom of the Persia, Turkey to a very province, ped, and his Lordship was thrown heavily. Although se-and g of the dismemberment of thehuman aggressions against verely hurt, his Lordship with great agility remounted his famil one of the most superb races of y —the brave and horse, and eventually won the race. It then appeared that free people among the snowy r r_anges of the Caucasus. To this his Lordship in his fall had sustained a compound fracture of height has the power of the E Muscovite, year after year grown his collar-bone ; but we are happy to add, from the prompt at- And wonderful to say.with the still supine —England still tendance of a medical gentleman, who scow reduced the frac unm;ndful that India is but next barrier to additional con ture, his Lordship is mush better than he might have been quests and subjugations. It is monstrous to expected to be. barbarian is bound by treaties he argue that the cannot violate, or that his The railway anti steam haviaation conveyance be- means are circumscribed, so that there is a point beyond tween Paris and London, or Paris and Portsmouth and South- which his resources cannot carry As to the first, he has ampton, is now complete, attended with many comforts and violated all treaties; as t o the him. second, he has already achieved scarcely any inconveniences. A party of English gentlemen that which it was declar ed impossible he sh ou ld accomp li sh. ' left Paris by the new railroad on Thursd a y morn i ng (Septem- It was declared impossible he should eve r a pp ear b e f ore Varna; her 20), at seven o'clock. They arriv e d a t th e s team-boat having reac h e d V arnat was prono unce d i ncre dibl e his legions station on the Seine in less than one hour. They embarked should cross theßalkan; i about half-past eight, and landed at Rouen at ten in the even- oracularly protested, the never would he succeed i n esta bli s hi ng ing. Next morning at six o'clock they em b ar k e d on board a exclusive influence inßlack Sea. But for a reply to magnificent steamer, abounding with every luxury, and, after these impossibilities, behold th e t rea t y o f Ad r i anople 1 In the enjoying a most picturesque and vari e d v oyage down the same way it was declared and prot es t e d i n re f erence to P o- Seine, arrived at Havre soon after tw e l ve o' c lock, mid-day. land. It was affimed , the Vistula s h e cou ld not cross. B ut They instantly shifted their quarters to the noble steam-vessel history will record, the Vistula was crossed, and the so ill- tbe Monarch, quite ready to sail. They reached Portsmouth fated capital it misery protected turned i n t o one sou l- cruc if y i ng and South am p ton i n t h e m iddl e o f t h e n i g h t , or soo n after, spectacle o f made madness. In r e f erence t o t r eaties, and were i n L on d on i n goo d t i me on S atur d ay , h av i ng reposed too, would Poland have fallen victim, if the engagements quietly in their hotels on Thursday and Friday nights. entered into between Russia and the European Powers, had hich We are informed that on the first of next month a escaped infraction? The sole condition En g land the on h mail-gig is to commence running between Carlisle and White- c e o r n t s e entFd to interfere in the affairs of Ottoman w empire, v av e e t n passing through Wigton, Allonby, Maryport, and fairs, allow the interference of any other Power in those af \ kington. This arrangement is important, and has long was, that neither she nor they should seek any advan been much wanted. The gig will leave Carlisle at half-past to es which should not be common to all mankind. The five in th e morn i ng, and arrive in Whitehaven at ten; to b e protocol of St. Petersb urgh of the 4th of April, 1826, may despatched again at three in the afternoon, andreach Carlisle be referred to by the curious • in confirmation of this asser at half-lion. At that • past seven in the evening. —Carlisle Patriot. time the Pruth and the Kuban were the limits of Russia, as Game ) we understand, is so utterly awanting in this The subsequent established at the treaty of Bucharest in 1812. on treaty of July 6th, 1827, admitted France to anreoigunhdbourhood that the greater proportion of the proprietors the alliance the same conditions as those by which Eng _ . us have resolved to give a jubilee to the partridges for land and Ru • the y ear.—Fifeshire Journal. Russia were reciprocally bound to each other and to their . subjects. The war of Russia against Turkey in POST -OFFICE COMMUNICATION WITH LONDON. 1828 was undertaken,reiterated —There 'll of Russia , according to the solemn and will , from this morning henceforward, be two de- declarationsspeedy s atche . herself, " only for the more p s every day for London and the intermediate places. fulfilment of the stipulations of the 6th of July, and not to Ihe first despatch wi • will be by make any the train which st ar t s , a t three o'clock in the morning, from the Edge-hill station, and which " the Emperor would will take letters not enlarge the limits of his territory, and papers posted by twenty minutes past and would only ask of his allies the same absence of ambi tewt o : the letters and papers forwarded by itwill be delivered, Lion and of . exclusivei designs, of which he would give the two o'clock in the afternoon, • Ithe the first cond despatch will be at six o'clock il in metropolis. The se- of _ example." Yet, what is the fact but that in the face the evening the letters these solemn treat; es and assurances comes the treaty of and papers conve •yed by whichwilldelivered ' • ' 1 k Adrianople be at nine o c.oc by • • . whveh " an augmentation of territory, an ex in the morning. To.morrow morning the letters and papers elusive influenceclaimed, despatched from London, and commercial advantages" are . at half -past eight o'clock on the re- to the prejex euce of England and every other nation. The ceding night will be delivered at nine. This w'll, foithe I) e. Kin g Cc - sent, be the only delivery of letters papersif • pr aut England, on learning of this treaty, says a recent . from London, '., : as the day mail, which will leave and ort\ , l' s.r‘ ed by a dii'llomatie communication to the at dotun In the moi . ni , nig, . t•'•' irt ot *St. Petersb urg, not onithe rights of England, but will not reach Liverpool in time y for a second deli • n evening.—Liverpool Albion. deliver 1 .0 p 1 even the right of judging of the extent of the sacrifices which . , Russia might be allowed to demand from Turkey as an in- HERALD.—By the late accounts from New Orleans it ap pears that various conjectures are hazarded as to the probable period when a return to specie payments will take place in that city. It seems, however, that there had not been much demand for specie, and that though the season for resumption had bcea favourable, the Banks had not attempted to resume, their excuse being that they did not desire to cripple their own customers, and, therefore, they would continue their own suspension rather than cause their customers to suspend. Th e conduct of the Banks of New Orleans appears to have ac quired the approbation of all the mercantile interests of that city, and it was considered by the monetary institutions of that busy place, that an immediate return to a metallic currency would be, to a numerous class, pregnant with disaster, and the evil consequences of suspension and failure. It appears by the last advices from the United S tates that the differences between the slave-holding advocates and the abolitionist parties are daily increasing, and the latter avow that every means in their power will be adopted to shelter and protect slaves and. promote their final emancipation ; indeed, it is anticipated that the emancipation of the negroes in all the British settlements will tend to create an agitation agai nst the horrid system of slavery in the United States, that will no be conquered without the full emancipation of slaves through-t out the federal union. There has been more pressure for money, both on the Stock Exchange and in the commercial markets, within the past day or two ; which to-day has rather increased than abated. This circumstance is ascribed to the fact that a con siderable number of bills have appeared in the market, on ac count of the recent importations of corn from the north of Europe, the influence of which had not been previously felt to the present extent, because most of them were drawn upon Hamburg and Amsterdam, but have now found their way to this market. (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY) BENTLEYS MISCELLANY. We are glad to make acquaintance with " Oliver Twist" TIME S.—Some alterations have recently been made in .. in The chapters of this tale are this month full of the mode of levying the duties on sea-borne coal by a circular interest—of that vivid, life-like interest, which Boz knows of the French Custom-house department, which it may be useful to notice here, for the benefit of those interested. Ac ' certain old laws of 1799 the duties were levied on cording to a ' a the footing of the ship's tonnage at the rate of 2, 9 00 French literature—not even the Robber scene in "Count Fathom," pounds or livres, or reckoned in kilogrammes at 1,077 to the or the interview between Jeannie Deans and the hag Meg ton, when the v e s se l was altogether freighted with coal, and Mnrdockson in the hut near Gunnersbury Hill—are more according to th e act ua l w ei g ht when partially freighted with striking or energetic than the scene where the poor forlorn different sorts of merchandise. It is said to have been as ,e outcast Nancy, seeks and obt a i ns an audience of Rose tained that 1,077 kil ogrammes were i n the .greater portion of Maylie. The whole of thi s di a l ogue h as an air of reality cases greatly b e l o w th e rea l we i g ht, w hi c h in d uced the Cus- about it, that produces quite a startling effect on the tom-house authorities to have recourse to actual weighing on may Boz continue to write such tales as reader. Long all occasions when there was reason to presume that the " Oliver Twist," and long may we survive to read them! receipt of duties thus based on the ship's tonnage would " be prejudicial t o th e revenue . Th e result, combined The Missionary Bride" is a sto r y o f a me l ancholy and ro with the new method of measurement established by mantic character, and turns upon the incident of a girl of an the ordinance of the 18th of November, 1837, h as imaginative turn of mind, who flings herself from a cabin been that the effective weight of a cargo of coal window into the Pacific, because she is compelled to marry a may be estimated so as to conciliate the interests both of man whom she has only seen once. The story is tolerably well the revenue and the trade, by multiplying by 1,500 kilo- related, and has brevity to recommend it. " Joe Miller" is grammes the number of tons of the ship's measurement. Ac- a rambling biographical sketch of this well-known relator of cording to the old system of measurement, 1,300 kilogrammes other men's jokes, who has a prototype in e old Greek was reckoned equal to th e t on , w hi c h un d er that now adopted ilierocles who collected th e " f acet i a3 " that the were current would be equivalent to 1,533 kilogrammes. To simplify cal culations, the 1,500 killogrammes have been assumed. This as standing jokes among his coun ry men. othis memoir ' t - T • mode of verification must be understood, however, to apply a portrait of honest Joe is prefixed, which would lead us only to cases where ships are entirely loaded with coal, and that to suppose that he had as great a horror of a joke, as the former regulations for actual weighing remain in force even that Cory - phmus of anti-jokers, Joe Hume himself. when they are only partly loaded, or when the vessels carry " The Wide-awake Club" is an amusing article, not devoid other merchandise in addition to coal. These regulation s are of humour. " The Handsome Clear-starcher" is a lively applicable only to the sea-ports; coal imported by the land well versified trifle ; and the " Forlorn one," a capital spe frontier remains as before. cimen of solemn, well-sustained irony from the pen of In goldsby, the most admirable humourist, in rhyme, of his age. He is in verse, just what Peacock is in prose. We quote this clever quiz : THE FORLORN ONE. Ah I why those piteous sounds of woe, Lone Wanderer of the dreary night ? Thy gushing tears in torrents flow, Thy bosom pants in wild affright ! And Thou, within whose iron breast Those frowns austere too truly tell Mild Pity, heaven-descended guest, Hath never, never deign'd to dwell. That rude, uncivil touch forego, Stern despot of a fleeting hour! Nor " make the angels weep" to know The fond " fantastic tricks" of power ! Know'st thou not " mercy is not strain'd, But droppeth as the gentle dew," And while it blesseth him who gain'd, It blesseth him who gave it too ? Say what art thou ?—and what is he, Pale victim of despair and pain, Whose streaming eyes and heeded knee Sue to thee thus—and sue in vain ? Cold, callous man l—he scorns to yield, Or aught relax his felon gripe, But answers—" I 'm Inspector Field ! And this here Warmint 's prigg'd your wipe I" MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The tale of " Alfred de Rosann," which is continued in this number, deserves praise, not so much for its incidents, the majority of which are little, if at all, elevated above the tame, flat " Bedford level" of common place, as for its dia logues, which are uniformly easy and animated, and occa sionally pointed and humorous, and reflect with great fidelity the peculiarities of the different speakers. The tale is em bellished with one or too illustrative engravings, which are cleverly and spiri,edly executed. " Mrs. Norton and the British and Foreign Review" takes up the cudgels in favour of this lady, who has been of late subjected to much unmanly persecution. The tone of this article is very creditable to the writer's sense of justice. The " Patron and the Pa tronized" is a sprightly dramatic sketch from the pen of Miss Beevor. " Secret Anecdotes of the Bourbons," is mere childish gossip. The " Modern French school of Litera ture" contains some brief but pertinent critical remarks on the writings of Eugene Sue. As a specimen of the poetry of the number, we extract some stanzas written, we suppose, by Mr. Moncrieff, the popular dramatist. They are tender and unaffected in their manner : I never loved the fading, I still shrink from the dead ; I woo'd the blythe and vernal, From the stern and sad I fled. But the young and gay have left me, To mate with the worn and sere ; And 'tis this that makes me welcome The leaf-fall of the year I Hail 1 hail 1 declining autumn ! Like thine my pleasures die; My summer hues have vanished, My winter-time draws nigh. I wander with heart blighted, Akin to all that's drear ; And 'tis this that makes me welcome The leaf-fall of the year ! Love's sweet springtime hath fleeted— Hope's promise-hours have flown ; My ev'ry joy has vanished, And left despair alone ! I've lived to mnurn their falsehood, The treasured arid the dear; And 'tis this that makes me welcome The leaf.fall of the year I THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. Colburn. This Number opens with an article which may be said to put an extinguisher upon the preposterous pre tensions of Marshal Soult to the glory of defeating the Duke of Wellington before Toulouse in 1614. Prefixed to it is a plan of the town, and the disposition of the Allied and French armies before, during, and after the engage ment. " A Recollection of Tobago" abounds in descrip tive passages of great beauty ; while the article on the " Decline of the Turkish Empire" cannot fail to attract very general attention. With every disposition, however, to do justice to the merits of this very well conducted pe riodical, we cannot possibly advert to one half the articles which it contains. Nor is it at all necessary that we should do so, in order to convey our impression of its excellence as the accredited organ of the Naval and Military Services, whose interests, claims, and retards it so temperately, y e t so powerfully, advocates. THE SPORTING MA GA Z INE. Pittman. Three handsome embellishments ornament this Number —a Vignette of a Jackall in his native wilds ; a Portrait of " Harkaway ;" and the " Sportsman's Present"—all en graved by Engleheart, from paintings by Turner. Two of them have great merit both in design and execution. The letter-press is devoted exclusively to subjects connected with the chase, nor does its least merit consist in being the production of contributors to whom the gun end the saddle are more familiar objects than a pen and an inkstand. In every article the keen sportsman will recognize the spirit and the voice of a kindred spirit. THE NETV SPORTING MAGAZINE. The lovers of the chase—and their name, at this season of the year, is Legion—will find abundance of, to them, pleasant and instructive reading in the pages before us. In the length and selection of the more general articles the Editor exhibits much good taste. The pictorial embellishments con sist of the " Chillingham Bull" mortally wounded by a shot, from a drawing by Jackson, engraved by Nicholson ; and " Harold," by Hacker, from a painting by Robinson. They are both spiritedly executed. THE MONTHLY LAW MAGAZINE. Richards and Co. The Conservative party find in this Periodical an able, and we can have little doubt, an influential auxiliary. Still it has its defects. Though its political articles abound in solid information, and in arguments imbued with all the rancour of violent party spirit, they are, nevertheless, ex cessively dull, tedious, anti tiresome. There is not a spark of imaginative fire—not a gleam of fancy in them. Among the best articles in this Number we include one, on the Third Report made to the House of Commons by the In spectors of Prisons ; and another on the Report of the Select Committee on the Metropolitan Police-offices. The subjects embraced in these articles are of national interest, and though our opinions by no means coincide with those of their respective writers, wo deem them well worthy of serious consideration. The article on the " Imprisonment for Debt Bill" is evidently written by one to whom the minutest details of that measure are perfectly familiar. We regret that a publication so well calculated to promote a general knowledge of the law, should restrict its utility by claiming to be the political organ of a faction in the Profession, and in the country. RAILWAY MAGAZINE. The October number of this periodical contains a va riety of useful statistical information on the progress of Railways in this country and abroad. It appears that out of sixty notices for Railway Bills, sent in during the last Session of Parliament, only twenty-six made their ap pearance by petition, and but eighteen received the Royal Assent. Only two of the Bills passed were for new lines, and thus, as the Editor very justly observes, the enterprise of the country, in measures for its own internal improve ment, has been completely paralysed by the notable Standing Orders of Parliament. Contrast this with the 150 Railway Companies lately incorporated in Ame rica, in addition to the vast number of lines already com pleted or in progress, and the immense strides which Railways are making in various parts of the Continent, and Englishmen must be struck with the disadvantageous po sition in which a few injudicious and absurd regulations have placed this country. We trust that another year will not elapse ere the sound policy of revising these most improper restrictions will have forced itself upon the minds of our Legislators. The following observations upon the Great Western Railway line, about which so much discussion, and, we may add, misconception has been abroad of late, are fully borne out by our own personal observation With regard to continuous bearings of wood, every engi neer whose opinion is worth having, admits that the soft run over timber is incomparably more easy, noiseless, and inde structive of the machinery and carriages, than stone blocks. Years of experience in America, the late experience on the Dublin and Kingston, the Manchester and Bolton, and com mon sense, all concur to this one point. The chief difficulty is, how it shall be done. Some insist that the timbers are likely to warp and twist with very wet or very dry weather, and that they will not keep in their places without they are held down by force. But if the rails are well fastened on the timbers, how can they warp ? The Americans lay their longi tudinals on troughs of broken stone rammed down, and, it ap pears, find they stand all. If weight be wanted to keep them down, Mr. Motley's plan in this Number will certainly do it. But we have never heard that experience has shown any diffi culty in the matter; and if the longitudinals of the two rails are connected with iron transoms, every four or five feet, it is nearly impossible, whether on an embankment or in a cutting, they could get out of gage. " The Americans —whose experience in railways is greater than ours—use sometimes wooden runners, on which are laid transoms, and then longitudinals notched into them. We therefore suggested a short time since to an engineer, whether it would not be an improvement to make the sections of the runners, or even of the longitudinals, an isosceles triangle, with the angular point downwards, like Mr. Reynold's trough rails. A figure of this sort, as was admitted by Messrs. George Stephenson and Bryan Donkin, when we were speaking on Mr. Motley's sleepers at the Newcastle meeting, would be much easier packed, and kept adjusted at a much less expense than any blocks or flat bearings. However, no fault can be found with the principle of the Great Western longitudinal bearings, unless it be for the mere Purpose of finding fault. " We have ben on the Great Western line with several engineers, and their opinions all are that it will be a most ex cellent line ; th oug h no more than the B i rm i ng h a m, South. demni,ty for the war. But, as if the insult already perpe trated were not enough, on the 12th of October, 1831 the Russian Envoy at Constantinople communicated to Mr. Man deville, the British Minister, and to the representatives of Fo reign Powers at the Porte, tha fact of certain regulations of Russia excluding foreign merchant-ships from all the ports of the eastern coast of the Black Sea, excepting Anapa and Re doute- Kale. Such then is the position arrogated by Russia at the existing period ; such the manner in which she respects her treaties; such the reply she furnishes to the sceptics who re gard her means of conquest as a fiction. To persons about to visit India, we recommend an ar ticle by Miss Emma Roberts, on the very important sub ject of domestic economy in that country. It is the tenth of a series, which, when completed, we trust to see pub lished in a separate form. We do not consider ourselves competent to offer any opinion as to the justice of the Prince of Oude's claims, and therefore we can only direct atten tion to the article upon this subject. The " Notes of the Month" are scanty, owing to the non-arrival of the over land mails, but they are nevertheless selected and condensed with industry and discrimination. . an - inten t or any other line, can it be perfect at once. It is generally admitted that the works on the Great Western are . much better executed than they are even on the Birmingham. Nor is there a doubt but that the line runs inconceivably F smoother than it did. Every day, of course, will improve it. " The rates of travelling, and the number of passengers they carry, surpass those of any line out of London. Upwards of 600 passengers, we understand, were taken at once by the North Star on the 15th ult. A gentleman who has very re cently travelled on different lines, assures us, that the sinuous and roiling motion are much less on this line than on either of the others, and that the motion is vary different in different carriages. For instance, he found it much less in a six-wheel than in a four-wheel carriage, which clearly shows that the carriages are principally in fault. We have also lately been on the Birmingham line, and can speak to the points of speed and motion. In going to Watford we were exceedingly pleased with the easiness of motion ; but we were then 1 hour 7i minutes in going, which was near (if it be 17i miles) 15 4 miles per hour. We came back, however, in 44 minutes, at the rate of 231 miles per hour, and then we certainly felt nearly as much jolting, and considerably more rolling and sinuosity than upon the Great Western at a velocity of 30 miles an hour. As the Birmingham is in very good order— , immeasurably better, we are informed, than it was—the dif ference of rolling must be owing to the narrower gage, and of sinuosity either to the wheels having too much play, or to the rails in some places being within gage. A practical'argument from the greater rolling is therefore given in favour of the wider gage. " This one thing stems at present to be generally admitted, namely, that the Great Western line will be able to manage a much higher speed than any other line." SHERWOOD'S MONTHLY MISCELLANY. This is one of the stelke minores in the periodical galaxy, but nevertheless twinkles with very considerable radiance. All the articles are short, in verse as well as in prose, and, for the most part, they are well-selected. TOWN AND COUNTRY MAGAZINE. A cheap and well-conducted Magazine, which is embel lished every month with an engraving of by no means in ferior execution, and contains several articles well calcu lated to amuse the lover of light literature. " Christian Reformer," " Polyglott Magazine," (which, by-the-bye, should be edited by Dr. Bowring, who knows and translates all the languages, known and unknown, written and unwritten, of the Universe, from Chaldaic to High Dutch), " Unitarian Baptist Advocate," " Penny Mechanic," " Statistics of the British Empire," " Journal of the Statistical Society," " Fox's Lectures," " The Clas sification of Insects," " Ladies' Gazette of Fashion," " The Analyst," " The Sportsman ;"—all these various Ma gazines we have received, hut a compassionate English public will, we trust, excuse us if we refrain from saying more of them just at present, than that each is good of its kind. MUSIC. A COLLECTION OF NATIONAL ENGLISH AIRS. Chappell. London, 1838. " The object of this work," says the editor, in his pre face, " is to refute the popular fallacy that England has no national music, and at the same time to form a collection of the numerous beautiful airs of the old ballads, in which England so peculiarly abounds." This object—than which none can be more praiseworthy—is worthily fulfilled in the present Number, which conveys a great deal of novel information that the admirers of our old English minstrelsy will read with interest. THE FIRST - OF OCTOBER IN THE QUEEN'S BENCH. This long-expected era did not bring immediate liberty to any debtor confined within this capital of metropolitan prisons. Jones, a debtor, had received his discharge for yesterday, but the same want which obliged him to go in would not allow him to get out namely, he was imprisoned because he could not pay his creditors' claims, and he is now kept in prison because he cannot pay the gaoler's fees. About forty others are waiting to know, from the fate of one or two cases, what will be the effect of the new Act upon those against whom their creditors have filed judgments. Several say they think it safer to stay within and know the worst, than hasten out and runk the risk of being sent bick again after paying the fees. The generality of the debtors, amongst whom are many lawyers, think that the Act for the abolition of imprisonment for debt is a great practical misnomer, because it abolishes arrest upon mesne process. They think it is by far too severe upon the debtor, its tendency being to strip hint of everything for the benefit of his creditors. Two of the greatest advantages they receive from it are, that the debtor will henceforward be able to procure a given time from his creditor, even after a judgment ma y h ave b een en tered, and th at he cannot be incarcerated without a consider.. able previous notice, during the date of which be may avail himself of the time to escape altogether, or to make out the means of settling. The cruelty of a certain class of creditors will also be diminished by the obligation which will hereafter de volve upon them of contributing to the supporting of their prisoners in certain cases. But the debtors complain that it is only the second summons from a Judge to a plaintiff to show cause for the detention of his prisoner that will be peremptory. They also complain that eight shillings and eightpence are too much to be paid to a Commissioner from the Court of Exchequer for coming to the prison to take a debtor's affidavit. A Commissioner ad ministered one oath yesterday morning, but the money was paid before the book was kissed. This precaution may be a hint to persons under certain circumstances. A remarkable contrast was observable between the officers of the prison and the debtors. The former were thoughtful and melancholy, as if they felt on the eve of surrendering the best part of their dignity and emoluments. They think to a man that the old system worked better for all parties within and without the walls than the new one will. The debtors were collected into groups, oblivious for a time of racket, and almost of beer—discussing their change of prospects under the new Act. The words " mesne process, execution, arrest, judgment, affidavit, remanding, defrauding, hard labour, New gate," might be heard on all sides resounding amidst the so norous walls. Very few of the picturesque inhabitants of this heterogeneous city concur in opinion as to the actual scope of the Act. It is the general opinion, however, that the Marshal of the Bench, who is more absolute within his dominions than any Sovereign in Europe, will henceforth be much circumscribed in point of emolument and power. The debtors say that in future it will not be worth a man's while to pay for the range within the rules of the Bench. It is stated that hitherto the Marshal has received a prodigious income from the rules-- the rate of payment by the debtor being Si. for the first 1001. he owed, and 4/. each for all the other hundreds, for per mission to enjoy the rules. In the case of such a debtor as Lord Thynne who was " ruled" for nearly 250,0001., the Marshal's perquisites must be very large; and it has been no uncommon thing to see twenty men confined for immense debts, and yet having large funds in hand, paying for the rules at the same time. The Marshal, however, has the credit of having been always willing to compound for his per centage with a rich debtor, and to be generously disposed to wards a poor one, should either party desire the liberty of the rules. Since the days of " Tom Coventry," benchers within the rules have not been permitted to regale themselves at pub lic houses. Mr. Coventry, a man of fashion, who had been arrested for a vast sum, used to drive four-in-hand, attended by a train of servants. One day he pulled up at a tavern and ordered glasses of brandy and water for each of the party tb to be served up in the carriage. A gentleman, struck by the strange display, looked up, and in the person of the gay cha racter recognised his debtor, Mr. Coventry. " How do you, Mr. ----?" said the latter; " you see how we live in this part of Europe; pray will you step up and join us?" The cre ditor walked away in a rage, and having described the vexa tious scene to his fellow-sufferers, a strong representation was made to the authorities, and the result has been, that all subsequent debtors have been compelled to eschew the public houses a ithin the rules. They and those within the walls never have had the consolation of reflecting that the best porter and ale in London must be had in the Bench, The Marshal puts his official seal on each barrel as it comes from the brewers to prevent adulteration ; and it is one of the most responsible duties of the Warden to stand by at the tapping, and from personal tasting to declare that the liquor is pure and unexceptionable —even though he should be under the necessity of drinking half a dozen pints before It a can make up his mind to issue his warrant for the orthodoxy of the liquor. There has been no lack of mirth of late in the Bench— games of sport have been played for high bets—as much as 1001. a side has been staked within the last month on a game at rackets. But nocturnal gambling and victimizing have gone to such wicked lengths that the Marshal has been obliged to interfere. An aged gentleman, and a veteran pri soner also, named Montague, has, we fear, lost upwards o f 3,0001. at di ce . I t seems that he, like many enthusiastic players before him, thought he had, after much laborious cal culation, discovered a system by which he must infallibly win. Three shrewd fellows, who pretended to no system, clubbed together, and after permitting him to win a little, and thus increase the faith in his system, they relieved him to the above amount. The old gentleman, however, asserts that the dice were not honest, as he will shortly prove to the world. in the At present there are three gamblers locked up guard room of the Bench—two have been convicted before the n en Mar shal, and condemned for hocussing a mat's grog riv a ed d o r his winning 631. from him. The third has been 1 3 friend de abroad to liberty for having written a letter to an come and help him to pluck a Mr. Samuel,old but Mr. Samuel's plumage is still quite safe. e horticultural Mr. Whitbread returning from show at Hitchin last week, party of ladies, in his four.. toy w sc it ape a d a most serious accident. in-hand coach, Just after passing nar fi r e o x - t rvo ' n :t g ur f n r - p o i m ke-gate his horses shied at the road, overturned the some gipsies, and, cv_! • tance, acd we arc happy to state, beyond the no serious injury was sustained.-- i a n s t s o m a deeps ; fortunately several people came c to arr t i h a e g i e r Paper. STATE OF TRADE.--A steady demand still con iallaermrfforadnd some bruises, tinues for all kinds of winter hosiery and gloves. Wool re.. mains firm, but prices generally are without improvement. _Leicester Mercury. THE IRON TRADE.—The advanced price of iron has maintained its ground during the past week. A further addition to the price was spoken of, but it is considered that the business done during the last fortnight will barely warrant such a step.—Midland Counties Herald.